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Member postings for Guy Holmes

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Thread: All things Beaver Mill
19/05/2017 07:47:10

My machine is totally different to all the pictures I find online, mine is the mill 5 model, the only thing I keep being told is it's newer than most and weighs just over 2 tons, the head on my machine is 400 kilos on its own and the bearings are around 120mm outside diameter. Anyone any wiser???

17/05/2017 18:50:41

When I converted the machine I basically stripped out every wire and switch, the only thing left was the 240 transformer and the 24v dc setup for the air and hydraulic setup, I started by replacing all the motors for single phase which was easy as they were all standard metric fittings and went in from there, the variable speed setup on mine is hydraulic centrifugal belt system much like the Bridgeport but with hydraulic cylinders controlling the belt placement, if you want pictures Bob I can send them to you if it helps ?

06/05/2017 20:26:45

Hi, I'm new to all this I hate computers, I've been in engineering for 25 and always had a mill at home but always a chocolate machine so last year I bought a proper one as I call it, as I googled and came across this site I read the threads on beavers and a guy called robonthemoor saying how he was going to look at one in Leicester (where I am) and when he posted the pictures I realised the machine I bought was the one he based his thread on, whoops treading on toes and all that. It is an excellent machine but it came with its issues, I had to convert the whole machine from 415v to 240v that was everything, main drive, knee lift and on and on and on, it's up and running and I think it's far more sturdy than the Bridgeport. The seller at miles-Platts said it was a BT40 so I bought some tooling only for it to turn out to be an int40, I could do with a manual for the drive if anyone knows where I could get one.👍🏻

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